### [2026-08-16](/feed/2026/08/16/index.md)

##### Head-on collision
# Five teenagers are killed and four others, including a child, are injured in a head-on collision caused by a wrong-way driving vehicle on the M9 motorway in County Kildare, Ireland. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8lx172kero)

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